GB Team For World Road Race Championships

News Posted 4 September 2006

The GB Team has announced its team for the Senior and Under-23 World Road Race Championships, to be held in Austria 20-24 September 2006.

The team includes David Millar, back in a representative team for the first time since the end of his 2-year ban for doping offences. Millar will ride both the Road Race and the Time Trial. He is joined in the Men's Road Race by Russell Downing and Roger Hammond (pictured), both fresh from recent high-profile Road victories and strong showings at the Tour of Britain.

The Women's Team is headed by Nicole Cooke, newly crowned World Cup Series winner, who will ride both the Road Race and the Time Trial.

The Under-23 Men's Team includes newly signed T-Mobile pro Mark Cavendish, another rider fresh from a successful Tour of Britain.

Men's Road Race
Russell Downing
Roger Hammond
David Millar

Men's Time Trial
David Millar

Women's Road Race
Nicole Cooke
Rachel Heal
Tanja Slater
Helen Wyman

Women's Time Trial
Nicole Cooke

Under-23 Men Road Race
Mark Cavendish
Ben Greenwood
Ian Stannard
Andy Tennant
Geraint Thomas

Under-23 Men Time Trial
Ian Stannard

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